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Comptia Project + Project Management
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Condition or capability that must be met or possessed by a system - product - service result or component to satisfy a contract - standard - specification or other formally imposed document.
define scope (Process)
planning package
earned value (EV)
requirement
2. The acquirer of products - services or results for an organization
develop project management plan (Process)
buyer
quality management plan (Output/Input)
project
3. Any of all process related assets - from any or all of the organizations involved in the project that are or can be used to influence the project's success. these process assets include formal or informal plans - policies - procedures and guidelines.
organizational process assets (Output/Input)
executing processes (Process Group)
material
technical performance measurement (Technique)
4. A diagram that describes a decision under consideration and the implications of choosing one or another of the available alternatives. it is used when some future scenarios or outcomes of actions are uncertain. it incorporates probabilities and costs
decision tree analysis (Technique)
strengths - weaknesses - opportunities - threats analysis (SWOT)
work authorization
initiating processes (Process Group)
5. The process of managing procurement relationships - monitoring contract performance - and making changes and corrections as needed
administer procurements (Process)
forecast
statement of work (SOW)
near critical activity
6. Analytical technique used to determine basic underlying reason that causes a variance or defect or risk
scope management plan(Output/Input)
root cause analysis (Technique)
assumptions
responsibility assignment matrix (RAM) (Tool)
7. Type of procurement document used to request price quotations from prospective sellers of common or standard products or services
determine budget (Process)
risk avoidance (Technique)
request for quotation (RFQ)
perform quantitative analysis (Process)
8. Collecting and distributing performance information - including status reports - progress measurements and forecasts
report performance (Process)
project calendar
finish to start (FS)
root cause analysis (Technique)
9. Point in time that work was scheduled to finish on a schedule activity. called planned finish date
estimate activity durations (Process)
scheduled finish date (SF)
hammock activity
project management system (Tool)
10. Response to a negative risk that has occurred - workaround is not planned in advance of the occurrence of the risk event
workaround
resource
plan risk response (Process)
Monte Carlo analysis
11. Indications that a risk has occurred or is about to occur. also called risk symptoms or warning signs. should be watched or monitored in the risk monitoring and control process.
report performance (Process)
output (Process)
triggers
activity attributes (Output/Input)
12. The formally documented identification of a defect in a project component with a recommendation to either repair the defect or completely replace the component
forecast
manage project team (Process)
defect repair
firm fixed price contract (FFP)
13. Hierarchal organization where each employee has one clear superior and staff are grouped by areas of specialization and managed by a person with expertise in that area.
secondary risk
request for proposal (RFP)
work breakdown structure (WBS) (Output/Input)
functional organization
14. Improving the competencies - team interaction - and the overall team environment to enhance project performance
develop schedule (Process)
manage stakeholder expectations (Process)
develop project team (Process)
project time management (Knowledge Area)
15. The calculation of late finish dates and late start dates for uncompleted portions of all schedule activities. determined by working backward through the schedule network logic from the projects end date
functional manager
direct and manage project execution (Process)
backward pass
requirements traceability matrix
16. Budgeted cost of work performed
practice
monitor
BCWP
distribute information (Process)
17. An imperfection or deficiency in a project component where that component does not meet requirements or specifications and needs to be either repaired or replaced
role
enterprise environmental factors (Input/Output)
pareto chart (Tool)
defect
18. A formally constituted group of stakeholders responsible for reviewing - evaluating - approving - delaying or rejecting changes to a project - with all the decisions and recommendations being recorded
change control board (CCB)
budget at completion (BAC)
communications management plan (Output/Input)
actual cost of work performed
19. Determining which risks may affect the project and documenting their characteristics
subproject
performance reports (Output/Input)
path divergence
identify risks (Process)
20. Reserve
buffer
request for quotation (RFQ)
earned value technique (EVT) (Technique)
total float
21. Point in time that work was scheduled to start on a schedule activity. called planned start date.
scheduled start date (SS)
program evaluation and review technique (PERT)
work package
project scope statement (Output/Input)
22. Slack - Total amount of time that a schedule activity maybe delayed from its early start date without delaying the project finish date or violating a schedule constraint.
imposed date
Monte Carlo analysis
float
risk
23. Identifying all people or organizations impacted by the project and documenting relevant information regarding their interest - involvement and impact on project success
identify stakeholders (Process)
logical relationship
precedence relationship
voice of the customer
24. An estimating technique that uses the values of parameters - such as scope - cost - budget - and duration or measures of scale such as size - weight - and complexity from a previous similar activity as the basis of estimating the same parameter or me
risk register (Output/Input)
effort
analogous estimating (Technique)
master schedule (Tool)
25. Document describing how project risk management will be structured and performed on the project. contains the list of project risks - the results of risk analysis and risk responses
preventative action
time and material contract (T&M)
budget at completion (BAC)
risk management plan (Output/Input)
26. The process of completing each project procurement
project risk management (Knowledge Area)
work package
project initiation management (Knowledge Area)
close procurements (Process)
27. Quantifiable deviation - departure or divergence away from a known baseline or expected value
decomposition (Technique)
assumptions analysis (Technique)
project human resource management (Knowledge Area)
variance
28. Estimate of the amount of work that has been completed on an activity or a work breakdown structure component
strengths - weaknesses - opportunities - threats analysis (SWOT)
pareto chart (Tool)
percent complete
planned value (PV)
29. Documents and presentations that provide organized and summarized work performance information - earned value management parameters and calculations - and analyses of project work progress and status
performance reports (Output/Input)
quality management plan (Output/Input)
practice
BCWP
30. The process of confirming human resource availability and obtaining team necessary to complete project assignments
functional organization
contract (Output/Input)
acquire project team (Process)
special cause
31. Identifying and documenting relationships among project activities
sequence activities (Process)
organizational process assets (Output/Input)
project management plan (Output/Input)
plan procurements (Process)
32. An organizational placement strategy where the project team members are physically located close to one another in order to improve communication - working relationships and productivity
forecast
project management body of knowledge
hammock activity
co-location (Technique)
33. Total number of work periods required to complete a schedule activity or work breakdown structure component.
s-curve
resource histogram
duration (DU or DUR)
expected monetary value (EMV)
34. Any of all external environmental factors and internal organizational environmental factors that surround or influence the projects success. these factors are from any or all of the enterprises involved in the project and include organizational cultu
root cause analysis (Technique)
project calendar
enterprise environmental factors (Input/Output)
application area
35. Continuously improving and detailing a plan as more detailed and specific information and more accurate estimates become available as the project progresses and thereby producing more accurate and complete plans that result from the successive iterat
progressive elaboration (Technique)
risk management plan (Output/Input)
opportunity
code of accounts (Tool)
36. Document that provides for common and repeated use - rules - guidelines or characteristics for activities or their results
portfolio
threat
project procurement management (Knowledge Area)
standard
37. Group of related schedule activities aggregated at some summary level and displayed as a single activity (at the summary level)
summary activity
time scaled schedule network diagram (Tool)
activity
scope creep
38. Identifying - documenting - approving or rejecting and controlling changes to the project baselines
subproject
change control
budget
voice of the customer
39. Calendar of working days or shifts that establishes those dates on which schedule activities are worked and nonworking days that determine those dates on which schedule activities are idle
role
lessons learned knowledge base
project calendar
product life cycle
40. Aggregating the estimated costs of individual activities or work packages to establish an authorized cost baseline
work authorization
determine budget (Process)
scheduled start date (SS)
project scope
41. Those processes performed to finalize all activities across all project management process groups to formally close the project or phase
closing processes (Process Group)
three point estimate (Technique)
project human resource management (Knowledge Area)
project management knowledge area
42. The degree to which a set of inherent characteristics fulfills requirements
risk acceptance (Technique)
buyer
quality
contract (Output/Input)
43. Subdivision of a phase
sub phase
organizational process assets (Output/Input)
log
contract (Output/Input)
44. Planning technique used to provide products - services and results that truly reflect customer requirements by translating those customer requirements into the appropriate technical requirements for each phase of project product development
collect requirements (Process)
plan risk management (Process)
voice of the customer
actual duration
45. Output from performing project management processes and activities. results include outcomes and documents.
reserve analysis (Technique)
project management information system (PMIS) (Tool)
result
rolling wave planning (Technique)
46. Determining project stakeholder information needs and defining a communication approach
technical performance measurement (Technique)
template
plan communications (Process)
perform quality assurance (Process)
47. Smaller portion of the overall project created when a project is subdivided by their logical relationship
resource leveling (Technique)
simulation
subproject
technical performance measurement (Technique)
48. Hierarchically organized depiction of the identified project risks arranged by risk category and subcategory that identifies the various areas and causes of potential risks.
risk breakdown structure (RBS)
manage project team (Process)
monitor and controlling processes (Process Group)
configuration management system (Tool)
49. Bar chart showing the amount of time that a resource is scheduled to work over a series of time periods.
scheduled finish date (SF)
s-curve
project phase
resource histogram
50. A short unique numeric or text identification assigned to each schedule activity to differentiate that project activity from other project activities. typically unique within any one project schedule network diagram
monitor and control risks (Process)
issue Point or matter in question or dispute
activity identifier
project scope management (Knowledge Area)